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Live Review: Lachlan Bryan and the Wildes + Emily Lawler, The Town Hall, Kirton in Lindsey – 22nd August 2025

September 2, 2025 Graeme Tait 2

The Town Hall at Kirton in Lindsey is Lincolnshire’s premier Americana music venue, continuously punching above its weight with the quality acts that regularly tread its now hallowed boards. Over the last fifteen years, local promoter […]

Ron Sexsmith “Hangover Terrace”

September 1, 2025 Darren Lumbroso 0

An album filled with melancholic pop-folk and baroque elegance, ranging from warm acoustic nostalgia to articulate social commentary. The title for Ron Sexsmith’s 18th album is based on jokes his drummer, Don Kerr, made as they […]

Artwork for Grant-Lee Phillips album “In the Hour of Dust”

Grant-Lee Phillips “In the Hour of Dust”

September 1, 2025 Peter Thompson 0

A thoughtful, introspective, at times autobiographical album by a renowned singer, songwriter and painter. Although known for his musical exploits, Grant-Lee Phillips first started out as a visual artist; however, on arriving in Los Angeles in […]

Marshall Crenshaw “From the Hellhole”

August 29, 2025 Bryan Bance 1

Marshall Crenshaw emerges from the Hellhole with a solid collection of recent recordings. It’s been over 40 years since Marshall Crenshaw burst on the scene with his eponymous debut, and he returns with a collection of […]

WC Beck “A Mostly Quiet Life”

August 29, 2025 Richard Parkinson 0

Upbeat latest from well-travelled singer-songwriter. “A Mostly Quiet Life” is something of a hybrid album. Most of the songs were written between 2010 and 2012 when Beck lived in Portland. During a break in touring, he […]

Billy Strings “So Much For Goodbyes”

September 7, 2026 0

Billy Strings plays through the pain to deliver an exceptional performance. Much has been written of Billy Strings’ experience growing up in Michigan, losing his father to a drug overdose at the age of 2 and […]

Elanor Moss “The Knife, The Needle”

September 7, 2026 0

Insightful lyrics and a delicate voice contrast with full-bodied horns to make a debut that feels authentically true to itself. They say art does not come easy, and that’s certainly something Elanor Moss found when trying […]

Stornoway live at the Found Festival, Claydon Hall, Bucks -29th to 31st August 2026

Live Review: Found Festival, Claydon Hall, Bucks – 29th-31st August 2026

September 7, 2026 1

Found festival reminded me of the very first End Of The Road back in 2006: compact, homely, community-orientated and skilfully curated. The panoramic melodies, wide pastoral instrumentation and whimsical lyricism of local-ish heroes Stornoway instantly induced […]